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Product characteristics

Product group:	Climate Data Records
Product family:	CLARA-A ed. 2.0
Product name:	CFC - Fractional cloud cover
Area:	Southern Polar Region
Temporal resolution:	Daily
Statistics:	Mean
Spatial resolution:	Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection (25x25 km2)
Data source:	AVHRR on polar orbiting satellites
Temporal coverage:	1982-01-01 – 2015-12-31
Version(s) :	V002 gaps inside...
Documentation:	Product User Manual (PUM) CLARA-A2 Cloud Products Validation Report (VAL) CLARA-A2 Cloud Products Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD) CLARA-A2 Cloud Products Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD) Joint Histogram Products Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD) Probabilistic Cloud Masks Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD) Cloud Mask Products (NWC SAF PPS v2014) Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD) Cloud Top Height Products (NWC SAF PPS v2014) Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD) Cloud Physical Products (NWC SAF PPS v2014)
Citation / DOI:	Karlsson, Karl-Göran; Anttila, Kati; Trentmann, Jörg; Stengel, Martin; Meirink, Jan Fokke; Devasthale, Abhay; Hanschmann, Timo; Kothe, Steffen; Jääskeläinen, Emmihenna; Sedlar, Joseph; Benas, Nikos; van Zadelhoff, Gerd-Jan; Schlundt, Cornelia; Stein, Diana; Finkensieper, Stephan; Håkansson, Nina; Hollmann, Rainer; Fuchs, Petra; Werscheck, Martin (2017): CLARA-A2: CM SAF cLoud, Albedo and surface RAdiation dataset from AVHRR data - Edition 2, Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring, DOI:10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/CLARA_AVHRR/V002, https://doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/CLARA_AVHRR/V002.

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